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  • CNAS Co-Founder Michèle Flournoy Joins Board of Directors

    Washington, May 16, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, has joined its Board of Directors.

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  • Kay King and Spencer Abruzzese Join CNAS to Lead External Relations and Development

    Washington, May 10, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome two new staff members to its team. Kay King, former Vice President at the Council on Foreign Relations, will lead the Center's communications strategy as a Senior Advisor and Director of External Relations. Spencer Abruzzese, who most recently served as Senior Associate Director of Development at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), will join the Center as the Director of Development and Investor Relations.

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  • CNAS Flashpoints: Three Essays on the East and South China Seas

    Washington, May 3, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security released today three bulletins as part of its Flashpoints portal, a comprehensive, interactive research tool on the East and South China Seas. As disputes, competition and proposals for cooperation increase in this crucial maritime domain, the Flashpoints portal provides an authoritative source of information on security in the East and South China Seas.
    Click here to access the CNAS Flashpoints portal.

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Event Speakers

  • david barno, cnas, senior fellow, advisor, center for a new american security
    Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)

    General Barno, a highly decorated military officer with over 30 years of service, has served in a variety of command and staff positions in the United States and around the world, to include command at every level. He served many of his early years in special operations forces with Army Ranger battalions, to include combat in both the Grenada and Panama invasions. In 2003, he was selected to establish a new three-star operational headquarters in Afghanistan and take command of the 20,000 U.S. and Coalition Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom. For 19 months in this position, he was responsible for the overall military leadership of this complex political-military mission, devising a highly innovative counterinsurgency strategy in close partnership with the U.S. embassy and coalition allies.

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Events

  • CNAS 2012 Annual Conference
    June 13, 2012 - 9:00am - 6:00pm

    The Center for a New American Security's 2012 annual conference, "Rethinking U.S. Security: Navigating a World in Transition," will take place in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. RSVP online here or call 202-457-9429.

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  • Election 2012 - Informing the National Security Agenda Event Series
    May 15, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm

    The American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation are pleased to introduce Election 2012: Informing the National Security Agenda to this presidential campaign season. On March 15, the three organizations launched a series of four campaign-season events aimed at illuminating the critical U.S. foreign and defense policy issues central to the 2012 presidential election. The third seminar on May 15 will explore U.S. defense spending in the context of grand strategy and feature Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and LTG David Barno, USA (Ret). from CNAS. Watch the live webcast of the event here.

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Expert Highlight

  • Dr. Margaret C. Harrell
    Dr. Margaret C. Harrell

    Margaret C. Harrell is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security.

    Dr. Harrell is co-author of Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide and the recent publication, Well After Service: Veteran Reintegration and American Communities.  She has also testified before Congress.

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